File guide



Oct. 27, 1931.

H. FORSYTH FILE GUIDE .I I Illlnlll Il. I llllllllliill' VPatented Oct. 27, 1931 PATENT OFFICE HARRY FORSYTH, OF PROSSER, WASHINGTON FILE GUIDE Application filed lApril 15, 1930. Serial No. 444,533.

This invention relates to the class of files and binders and pertains particularly to improvements in le guides.

In files of the character wherein groups of papers or le wrappers are maintained in separated lots or units by division plates or guides which usually have index tabs thereon it frequently happens that in looking through the lile after a desired section or group of papers is obtained that unless the person using the file is-careful to hold the place from which the sought for paper has been removed the other paper or iile wrappers will fall over so that in order to return the removed paper. to its proper place it is necessary that the user of the iile again go through the same until the proper point is found where the removed paper belongs.

It is the principal obj ect o-f the present inn V2c vention to overcome the above described difticulty encountered in the use of the ordinary file by providing a file guide which will retain the position into which it is moved and maintain all ,papers adjacent to it in upright and orderly arrangement.

Another object of the invention is to provide holders for the guide which may be frictionally secured to the side walls of the file case and which are formed to slidably receive 3c the end edges of the file guide so that while the guide will be retained in upright position it may be readily completely removed from thele drawer.

Another object of the invention is to provide a new and novel means for attaching an index card holding frame to the file guide in suoli a manner that the card may be readily shifted on the file guide as found necessary forY the more convenient use of the iile case of which the guide forms a part.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, with'the understanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified so long as such changes or modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invent-ion as expressed in the appended claims.

' In the drawings:

Figure lis a view in cross section of a file drawer showing 4in elevation therein the 55 guide embodying the present invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Figure l.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3 3 of Figure l.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 4 4 of Figure l.

Referring more particularly to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 1 indicates a file cabinet drawer showing therein the guide embodying the present invention. As shown this guide, which is indicated by the numeral 2, is formed of a single sheet of metal preferably aluminum and is of substantially the same width as the le drawer in which it is placed and is of a height greater than that of the drawer as shown.

Along each end edge of the guide 2 there is 75 formed the alternately directed flange strips 3 while the top edge of the guide is formed to provide a head 4 which extends from one end edge to the other. This head 4 is of substantially semi-circular cross-section, the up- .80 per portion thereof being fiat as indicated at 5 while the side walls curve downwardly and inwardly as indicated at 6. One of the side walls 6 of the head 4 terminates in spaced relation to the upper edge of the guide 2 thus S5 forming the longitudinally extending passage or recess 7.

At each end of the guide plate 2 a holding bar 8 is mounted against the inner face of the adjacent side wall of the drawer, each of these bars having formed integral with its upper end the spring steel hook 9 which engages over the top edge of the drawer and frictionally maintains the bar rmly against the inner face of the wall of the drawer as o5 shown.

The inner face of the plate holding bar 9 has formed therein a T-slot 10 which extends throughout the length thereof and which receives the adjacent end edge of the forman integral connection with thejframe i Y guide plate and :the alternate laterallydirected retaining strips 3. o

Mounted upon the head of the guide plate 2 is an index card-holding frame 11, this frame being provided throughout the inner edges of the side members thereof Vwith suitable grooves' for the reception'of an index card Y12, the card being inserted into' the grooves through the slot 13 formed inthe top of the frame. The frame 11 is carried by an elongated base portion 14 which comprises a substantially semi-cylindrical tube, one edgek O-f `the wall`15 thereof being extend-ed as at 16 to 11 whilethe other edge is extendedinwardly toward the opposite side formingktheilat `horizontal. portion 17 which terminates in spacedirelation to rtherop'posite side orthe I side Vfroml which. the continuation 16. extends.

Thisv index; card lframe isattached to the head4 ofthe guide yby directing the free edge of the horizontal portion 17 thereof upward- A ly through the slot 7 and then turningthe body 14 so that the portion 1-7' will come into closeengagement with the underside of the top 5 of the guide head 4, thecurvatureo-f the portionfl conforming'to the curvature Y of the walls 6 ofthe guide-plate headf From By'forming the portion 16whi'ch connects the it wil-lbereadily seen that the index card frame llmaybe firmly held at theproper PQIlzon the upper edge of the guide plate 2 by .simply sliding .the s'eniii-cylindricalA base 114 thereof .longitudinally of' the platejhead'j4'.

yframe llvwithy the base portion 14,'of a bend'- able metal the frame'111 may be set at adesired angle so that ritwill be always properly .presented tothe person working with' the file. Y l. .y

Theguide plateQ may or may not be 'supplied with the apertured depending tabv 18 at the central portion of'y its lower'edge as desiredthese :tabs,'as is, of course, well known, being proyided to receive a locking barwhich extends longitudinally of the underside of ythe lile` case .drawer 1,the central portion of the bottom vofthe drawer usually being provided 4with a longitudinal opening vthrough `which thetab 18 may, project to receive the lockingV bar.l v

It lwillfbe fseenfrom the gforegoingdescrip- :tionthat the file guide ,embodying the pres'- ent invention will'readily maintain any position in the file cabinet drawer to which it ifs'inov'ed-as the resilient spring hook 9' maintains at all times a iirm engagement with' the top edge'of the drawerrwallto which itis attached. Y Y. v l Having thus described my invention, what I'cl'aini is: y y

. 1. A file cabinet guide, comprising apair of'longitudinally grooved supporting inemy bers each being adapted. tov beV secured injup-` right position against the-inner1 face ycfa file Ycabinet l drawer, Va V'ginde plate 'designed to extend transversely of the cabinet drawer and to have its end edges slidably' engaged in the grooves of the adjacent supporting members, and means carried at the endredges ofthe plate and engaging'the guide'members for preyentingthe lateral separationv of the lat# 2. A guide for lile cabinets, 'comprising a plate body formed to extend transversely of a cabinet d1-awel, .-Ia holding member at 'each end edge of the plate comprising a bar having a T-slot formed longitudinally in one face thereof,'resilient means formed at one end offeaczhA holding member for engaging the top edge ofthe adjacent drawer. wall,.ea ch of `said T-'slotsfbeing designed to receive an end edge ofthe guidefplatefandalternating op# positely directed lateral strips formed Yalong each ,end edge'of the guide plateifor engagegment 'in s'aid TLslots to'prevent separation' ofl the plate andv holding members:V n

' 3. Ariile'guide'and'indfex card support, connV prising a plate kdesigned to position vertically Vin and transversely of a file cabinet drawer, means atfeach end of the'pl'atefforV maintaining it in' position in the drawer, a'tub-ul'ar headv formed along; the topv edge of said plate Y and having a longitudinal slot therein, and' an tended through'the slot in the head and *toV position against the und'ersurfaceof .thev flat :1 top portion thereofA to maintain theV frame in upright-position. f .v i d v 5. A file guide, comprising a plate, means transversely in; a iilfe'cabinet drawena tubular head formed longitudinally ofthe top kedge of said plate, said head being 'ofsubstantially semi-cylindrical .cross-sectional Ydesign 'and having a flat top surface andffurther having a Y slot. in the underside'thereof, an index card supporting'frame,fa base for said frame'coms 'prising' a body of substantially semi-cylindrical cross-section, one edge: of said body being integral with said frame, anda ilatinward- A ly directed memberformed integral with the otheredge ofl the body,lsaid memberv being insertable through lthe `slotY in ysai-d head to positiona'gainst thefunderface of: `the top thereo f,`v,sai"d' base substantially'conforming in rcross-section'to 'sa-idy head. Y

Yfor inaintaining'the salme in'upri'ghtposition signature.

HARRY FORSYTI-I. 

